Surface Water and Groundwater

An ___________ is a body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows it to flow.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What is the relationship between groundwater and surface water?

• Surface water percolates (moves) through the soil to form groundwater.

• There is no relationship between surface and groundwater.

• Groundwater filters through the soil to form surface water.

• Surface water is found in lakes directly above underground water sources.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

During the process of infiltration, water seeps through the ground and into an aquifer. Which of the following terms best describes this process?

• Recharge

• Discharge

• Depletion

• Surcharge

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Where is the water table located?

• at the top of the saturated zone

• between layers of impermeable rock

• in the unsaturated zone

• below layers of clay

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

When water cycles back to Earth, some of it is lost as surface runoff. However, a large portion of the water that reaches Earth's surface seeps into the ground. This water is called _?_

• surface water

• groundwater

• runoff

• precipitaiton

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

A(n) ___ is an underground layer of permeable rock that holds water & allows it to flow.

• aquifer

• low-lying

• drainage

• river system

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is a measure of how easily water can flow through an aquifer?

• Porosity

• Permeability

• Recharge

• Discharge

What is the percentage of storage space in an aquifer that is measured?

• Porosity

• Permeability

• Recharge

• Discharge

Which of the following IS NOT true about groundwater?

• Groundwater is the largest freshwater source on Earth.

• Groundwater is freshwater beneath Earth’s surface.

• Groundwater is the largest liquid freshwater source for humans.

• Groundwater can maintain streamflow during times of drought.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

A place where the water table intersects the ground surface and where a natural flow of groundwater results is called:

• a spring.

• a geyser.

• an aquatard.

• a fissure.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1